Bolivia Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,519 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 60,282 km (2002 est.)
paved: 3,979 km
unpaved: 56,303 km
Waterways:
10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 4,860 km
liquid petroleum gas: 47 km
oil: 2,457 km
refined products: 1,589 km
unknown: 247 km oil/water
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Merchant marine:
total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 413,407 GRT / 699,901 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 16, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 11 (Argentina 1, Egypt 2, Eritrea 1, Germany 1, Iran 1, Singapore 2, United Kingdom 1, United States 2)
(2005)
Airports:
1,065 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3047m: 4
2438 to 3047m: 4
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 3
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 1,049
over 3047m: 1
2438 to 3047m: 3
1524 to 2437m: 60
914 to 1523m: 207
under 914m: 778
(2004 est.)
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